Author: lars
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Blog Questions Challenge 2025
I discovered the #blogQuestionsChallange hashtag on Mastodon a few days ago. Initially, Ava on Bear Blog came up with the challenge, which was bear-blog-specific. Kev Quirk liked the idea and adapted the question to be platform-independent. And long story short: I like it. Here are my answers. 🙂 Why did you start blogging in the first place?…
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How To Slowly Kill A Coding Dojo
Have you ever found yourself in a coding dojo with just you, your thoughts, and the lonely hum of your CPU fan? Yep, that’s where I was last Thursday. Well, not really. I’m working on a MacBook with an M1 Pro, so there’s no humming of a CPU fan. But the rest is true. I…
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The “Chatroulette” of the Business Networks
Do you know the “Chatroulette Song” by Jon Lajoie? I have never used Chatroulette, but thanks to videos like this, I have an idea of what is going on there. But this post is not about Chatroulette. It’s about expectations and reality and how the two clash from time to time. I think Jon’s song talks…
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Training Journal: Week 2
Welcome back to my half-marathon training journal. And yes, I said welcome back. This is not my usual “series of posts” consisting of just one single post. Yeah, you heard me. This is the second post. 🥳 Let’s dive right in. In the last post, I wrote about my two main goals for the next few…
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Training Journal: Week 1
A good friend of mine signed us up for the half-marathon in Frankfurt in March. We ran the half-marathon in Hamburg in June last year (2023) and it was fun. But I knew I would stop the training as soon as I hadn’t scheduled an official race. And you know what? That is exactly what…
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Tool Recommendation: OneNote Staff Notebooks
An essential part of my job as an engineering lead is taking notes. Most of them during meetings. Or to prepare meetings. Or after meetings to capture some things I noticed during the meetings. My note-taking tool of choice is OneNote. I could explain why I like OneNote, but tools are highly personal choices and…
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Basic Raspberry Pi Setup For My Homelab
In the last post, I rambled about my thoughts regarding cloud-init vs. manual setup of my Raspberry Pis for my homelab. After a little (or maybe some more) back and forth I decided to go with the manual setup for now. I know it would be better in the long run to use cloud-init, but to get started…
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Planning my Homelab
Just another analysis paralysis? I recently purchased components to start a homelab. Due to some unexpected circumstances (I forgot to purchase power cables for the Pis), I now have a few more days before I can actually start setting up the hardware. And it looks like those extra days are badly needed anyway. What’s the problem?…
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Why I bought components to build a Homelab
Yes, you heard me. I bought components to start my own little homelab. 🎉 I must say, I’m pretty excited about it. But this post is not so much about the “how” or the “what”, it’s about the “why”. So let’s talk about my motivation to build a homelab. Reason 1: Learning If have been…